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Budget McKinsey, maybe in AI-fueled app form, coaches small business tyrants to do ghoul shit like up-or-out policies. Small towns empty out because how can you buy a house when odds are against you keeping a job for 5 years? Landowners form even more of a cartel and refusal to build anything but luxury housing becomes one of those subjects that the duopoly agrees on and is never mentioned again. As such, almost everyone moves a rung down on the housing ladder.
Wanted to move somewhere nice? You're going to come home to your starter house every day after work for the rest of your life.
Looking for a starter house? Fuck you, keep renting.
Want a nice apartment? Fuck you, roaches and roommates.
Shitty apartment? Fuck you, live in your car.
Live in your car? Fuck you, sleep on the streets.
Sleep on the streets? Our views on assisted suicide have evolved.
And just because you've moved down a rung doesn't mean we won't repeat the whole shuffle again.